The Masked prince
Chapter 73: King Derrick Is Here

Chapter 73: King Derrick Is Here

The coldness left Regan’s eyes immediately when they fell on the girl lying on the floor.

He threw away the royal soldiers who were holding him effortlessly and ran to Evelyn’s side.

"Evelyn..."

He called out as he gathered her in his arms and sat on the floor so that she could lie in his lap. But seeing that she was not opening her eyes, Regan’s red eyes were filled with panic and he called out again

"Evelyn..."

His voice was so gentle as he called Evelyn’s name that it shocked the royal soldiers. However, they soon realized that they had another important job on their hands.

Hence, they walked to Rafael’s limp body and picked him up from the floor. They carried him out of the dungeons to his chambers where he could be treated by the physician.

Regan’s attention was solely on Evelyn. When he saw her ripped dress, his lips trembled behind his mask.

Seeing that she was not responding and her body was cold in his arms, he removed his cape and then his thick robe. He used the robe to cover her. His cape which he had removed lied on the floor and he didn’t waste a second and carried her in his arms to empty the dungeons.

When he exited the dungeons, the royal soldiers were still carrying Rafael. They stiffened when they saw him walking in their direction but soon sighed in relief when he walked past them.

No one dared to stop Regan on his way inside Rafael’s Palace.

It was only when Regan stepped out of there that a figure blocked his way.

"Regan..."

Regan raised his head and looked at the man in front of him with an emotionless face. The man was none other than his father and the Emperor of this large empire Alfaros.

However, Regan didn’t even greet him. He stood there emotionlessly with Evelyn in his arms.

King Derrick however panicked when he saw that he was about to walk past him and blocked his way again.

"Regan..."

When he saw his son’s emotionless face, King Derrick knew that he needed to say something if he wanted to stop his son. His eyes went to the girl in his son’s arms. His eyes flickered with surprise when he saw the thick robe on the girl’s body and he finally realized that Regan didn’t have his cape.

If it was any other prince then as a king, Derrick’s responsibility was to scold him. But it was his most precious son who was standing in front of him.

All his thoughts were on how he could make Regan stay in Royal Palace. So he said immediately

"Regan, she is bleeding. She needs a doctor. Why don’t you stay here? I will send the best doctor to your palace."

In front of his son, Derrick was nothing but a father.

Regan was the son born from the woman he loved immensely and he was most special to him among his four sons. However, the irony was that the son he loved hated him to the core.

He had not seen him for so many years and now to make him stay near him, he need to look for excuses.

At this moment, though his face didn’t have any emotion, inside his heart he was panicked wondering if Regan would refuse.

However, Regan looked down at Evelyn’s pale face. His eyes fell on her shoulder from where the robe with which he had covered her had started to get red.

Regan’s jaws clenched when he saw this. Without any word, the next moment he walked in the direction of his own palace.

Derrick who noticed this sighed in relief.

He looked at one of the guards and ordered coldly

"Quickly send a Royal Physician to Prince’s Regan Palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

A few steps away, two royal soldiers were carrying away Rafael’s limp body but Derrick didn’t even bother to check on him let alone order a royal physician to be called for him.

He silently walked away from there.

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Royal Physician came to Regan’s Palace soon.

However, by the time he entered the prince’s chambers where Regan had carried Evelyn to, Regan had already ordered warm water to be brought for her.

There was now a new head maid and she herself came to see if the prince needed anything on Emperor’s orders. When she heard the prince’s orders, she immediately assigned the servants for the jobs.

While she stood there so that she would be there if the prince needed anything.

"Your Highness..."

The middle-aged Royal Physician called out respectfully when he saw Regan was seated on the bed.

Regan raised his head and looked at him coldly.

The Royal Physician was scared for a moment but sighed in relief when Regan vacated the place for him.

As he took Evelyn’s pulse, he heard the prince say coldly

"She had been injured a few days ago. The wound on her shoulder seemed to be reopened. Stop the bleeding."

"Yes, Your Highness"

The Royal Physician said immediately.

The next few moments, he was focused on treating the reopened wounds. Regan stood there the whole time.

As he saw the water going to red color which was used to clean the wound, his hands clenched to form fists.

His eyes were, however, emotionless. And no one knew what was going on inside his mind.

After the Royal physician was done, he stood up from the bed and said

"The lady doesn’t seem to have eaten anything. I would suggest that she should be fed as soon as possible. The body would need some energy for the wound to heal."

Regan nodded his head and the Royal physician left.

A moment later, Regan looked at the head-maid and said coldly

"Help her in changing her clothes. Warm the room. Feed her something."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The head-maid said and a few maids started their work instantly while Regan left the room.